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発音

• IPA: /ˈfɹaʊni/
• 韻: -aʊni

形容詞

frowny (comparative frownier, superlative frowniest)

1. (informal or childish) Frowning.

   She made a frowny face.

   • 1895, Percival Pollard, chapter V, in The Cape of Storms‎, page 75:

     […] the black-and-white splendor of our men, as well as the fur-decked rosiness of our women, is only enhanced by contrast against the frowny murkings of the sky.

   • 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:

     He was always very frowny when the doorbell rang in the middle of Bible reading […]

派生語

• frownily
• frowniness
• frowny face

名詞

frowny (plural frownies)

1. Short for frowny face.